hiring

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retaining adj.
employment n.

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business contracting enrollment job recruitment service trade

STRONG

assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work

WEAK

carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into

Antonyms

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fun unemployment

STRONG

avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

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Cambridge said it provided Arday with mental health support, and has launched an investigation into its hiring practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Our city’s hiring and personnel programs, which she’s promised to change, have never been changed,” Raman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

All the new companies and all the new energy in business hasn’t translated into a lot more hiring — and Levanon doesn’t think it will.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Companies that laid off workers expecting to replace them with AI are hiring them back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Was Aunt Kitty in that building hiring herself a detective?

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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